About this project

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RACE TO THE FINISH LINE!

ONLY THE YOUNG, our feature documentary debut, has been
accepted to premiere at the prestigious documentary film festival HOT DOCS in
Toronto in early May. We are incredibly excited, as well as nervous because the
movie isn't finished and time is short!

We have extremely talented professionals working tirelessly
to finish the sound mix, color correct, and transfer of the film, as well as
create art work for it. They believe in OTY so much they’re all working on
deferred pay. And that's where we need your help: this campaign is our way to fulfill that promise to our collaborator friends.

For us the specific music in our film is very important, and unfortunately not cheap. We fell in love with some pretty old obscure soul tracks that make up the soundtrack to our film. There isn't any other music that would be as fitting for a coming of age film. The music addresses heartbreak and a struggle with relationships. So with your help we can fully own our own film by the time we premiere in Toronto.

The production of OTY has been a testament to the indie approach to movie-making. Without any funding, we made countless trips up to Canyon Country out of love for our subjects: Skye, Garrison and Kevin, who are three of the wisest, most soulful and hilarious high schoolers you will ever meet. We tried our best to capture their real and personal moments, but with a composed visual aesthetic more commonly seen in narrative films.

Please help us across the finish line. And please join our community as we screen at other festivals around the country and, with a great amount of luck, hopefully a cineplex near you!

Love,

Liz and Jason

CRITICAL RESPONSE

"An unqualified hit. Of the past decade's many fine films on skateboarders and international skateboarding culture, Only the Young stands out as the most human and affecting." Variety

"One of the freshest and most assured debuts
in recent memory." Cinema Scope

"A major feature debut. Beautifully shot and affectionate without turning cute or coddling, it's the best possible kind of crowdpleaser." Filmmaker Magazine

"Truly cinematic. Only the Young captures small moments that seem too good to be true yet too genuine to be staged or scripted, with an exceptional lyricism not found in most fiction features." RogerEbert.com

“Garrison and Kevin are best friends. They
skate every day and explore the underpasses and abandoned homes of their
Southern California desert idyll. But everything changes when Garrison
discovers the opposite sex. Only the
Young powerfully summons up an evanescent moment: that potent stew of
teenage urgency, boredom, and young love that adults misconstrue as aimless
wandering. It will lure you in with sugar-sweet shots of abandoned mini-golf
courses and an infectiously expectation-defying score, but it sets its hooks by
working both with and against the performative veneer of teen life that is
universal. Even the film’s wide-eyed Christian youth, unsure quite how to
rebel, still know they need to. This is the kind of film you’ll want to hold
close to your chest for days, revisiting its tender love for its subjects. Only the Young isn’t jealous of youth,
it is youth.”

BUDGET BREAKDOWN - where your money will go

Movies
are expensive! And out of the kindness of their hearts, amazing
professionals are giving us great deals because they love our film. Your contributions will go towards paying for:

Color Correction - $1,500

Sound Design/Mix - $1,500

Hard Drive - $550

Music Rights Purchase (this is our biggest item: the soul music that we don't yet own, which is so essential to our movie!) - $7,700